61.   Bypassing its usual procedure, the Federal Aviation Administration may award a six-figure contract to overhaul an air traffic computer system without seeking competitive bids.

62.   ITT has been expanding its lodging and entertainment businesses in recent months even as it sought bids for its consumer and commercial finance business.

63.   Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina, and San Antonio also are seeking the bid.

64.   Shortly thereafter, the agency will either award the contract to Lockheed Martin or seek other bids.

65.   The company made a similar move last week when it sought bids for some of its shortening and cooking oil brands used in restaurants.

66.   The Mexican government will seek bids this week to distribute natural gas in the central state of Guanajuato, the head of the Energy Regulatory Commission said Wednesday.

67.   The judge ruled that FAA failed to justify the need for bypassing its usual procedures and not seeking competitive bids.

68.   The Kansas City-based energy company said it is seeking bids and hopes to announce the winning bidder by the end of the first quarter of next year.

69.   The Tourism Ministry, which sought the bids for the marina, refused to comment on the pending case.

70.   Valdivielso said his agency will seek bids from contractors on a new system that solves this and other problems in monitoring the waters of the Strait.